FLEXIBLE DISPLAY NEWS

3M flexible barrier films for displays come to market

May 22, 2012

M’s Optical Systems Division made its flexible, optically clear 3M FTB3-50 and FTB3-125 films available commercially, to protect sensitive electronics displays from water vapor and oxygen. The films previously were sold under limited R&D agreements.

FLEXcon supports flexible electronics with new R&D center in MA

May 10, 2012

Adhesive coating/laminating company FLEXcon opened its newly constructed, 20,000sq.ft. Technology and Innovation Center for R&D at its headquarters in Spencer, MA.

Organic complementary logic aim of 2 European research projects

May 4, 2012

The Heterogeneous Technology Alliance in Europe is focusing on high-performance organic electronic circuits through 2 projects: COSMIC to develop p- and n-type OTFTs for complementary logic, and POLARIC for shrinking critical dimensions of OTFTs.

Top 10 innovative technology firms in Q1

May 4, 2012

Lux Research profiled 328 companies across 15 different emerging technology domains in Q1 2012. Of these, Lux Research selected its top 10, including a gallium-nitride (GaN) power device maker, printed electronics supplier, and others.

Arkema enters microelectronics manufacturing research area with CEA

May 1, 2012

CEA will extend its collaboration with Arkema beyond photovoltaics into microelectronics and organic electronics, setting up two joint public-private research projects in CEA-Leti and CEA-Liten.

AMOLED use in small/medium displays prompts more suppliers, more adopters

May 1, 2012 Active matrix organic light-emitting diodes (AMOLEDs) are moving from small-quantity development into higher volumes, with shipments destined for smartphones driving growth in the small- and medium-sized display (SMD) market in February, said IHS. SMDs are displays smaller than 10" diagonally.

OLEDs erode LCD dominance, starting in small displays

Apr 20, 2012

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) will be a nearly $11 billion market in 2017, and will take some display market share from the $100-billion LCD sector, according to a Lux Research report.

Conference Report: MRS Spring 2012, Day 3

Apr 12, 2012 Blogger Mike Fury reports from the MRS Spring 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Highlights from the third day: leakage and TDDB in low- κ dielectrics, flexible energy storage and conversion, Mn capping layers and diffusion barriers, hard masks for Cu interconnects, nanogenerators, Cu in RF, flexible...

Conference report: MRS Spring 2012, Day 2

Apr 11, 2012 Blogger Mike Fury reports from the MRS Spring 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Highlights from the second day: OLED TFT displays, single transistor DRAMs, silicon photonic wires, CNTs, 3D optical interconnects, graphene for RF and sensing, transparent ZnO, epidermal electronic systems, stretchable ...

Commercialization of stretchable electronics: The mc10 example

Apr 10, 2012

Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, reports on stretchable electronics: electrical and electronic circuits and combinations of these that are elastically or inelastically stretchable by more than a few percent while retaining function.

Polyera readies flexible semiconductors for launch with $24.5M funding round

Apr 5, 2012

Polyera pulled in $24.5 million in Series C funding, with all existing investors joining co-leaders Chengwei Capital and Tsing Capital, both in China. A good portion of the funding will be invested in Polyera's Asia-Pacific operations.

Oxide TFT comes to the fore with FPD growth

Apr 4, 2012

The FPD market's growth is pushing next-generation display technologies forward, as profitability worsens for a-Si TFTs. New core technologies are needed to improve the performance of TFTs, such as oxide TFTs.

Soaring indium costs drive hunt for alternative in transparent electrodes

Mar 30, 2012

As electronic devices with ITO-based displays proliferate, as is the case with smartphones and media tablets, indium market prices are soaring, Displaybank reports. ITO electrodes are also prone to cracking, which presents a problem for flexible displays.

Pervasive Displays partners with Energy Micro for electronic paper dev kit

Mar 27, 2012

Pervasive Displays partnered with Energy Micro, provider of low-power, ARM-Cortex-processor-based microcontrollers, to develop and prototype a range of electronic paper displays with low power consumption the main focus.

SEMICON Europa 2012 seeks presenters

Mar 23, 2012

SEMI is seeking papers for technical sessions and presentations at the upcoming SEMICON Europa 2012, October 9-11 in Dresden, Germany. Technical presentation abstracts are due April 30.

Reel-to-reel coater eliminates waste of roller-in-bath tools

Mar 15, 2012

Rainbow Technology Systems introduced the Panda Coater for high-performance coating of sheet and reel-to-reel materials. It offers an alternative to coventional roller-in-bath systems.

UniPixel names manufacturing partner for display cover films

Mar 13, 2012

UniPixel Inc. (NASDAQ:UNXL) tapped Carestream Tollcoating to manufacture and distribute its Diamond Guard protective cover films for displays.

Dupont Teijin Films exec joins FlexTech Alliance leadership

Mar 8, 2012

FlexTech Alliance, focused on developing the flexible, printed electronics industry supply chain, appointed its 2012 Governing Board members.

SEMI acquires Plastic Electronics Conference and Exhibition

Mar 5, 2012 SEMI has acquired the Plastics Electronics Conference and Exhibition, a move which will help advance the successful commercialization of new products in the field of organic and inorganic large area electronics (OLAE).

Metrology project launches in Europe for thin films

Mar 2, 2012

The National Physical Laboratory in the UK is leading a new EMRP project on thin film manufacturing metrology for industries such as opto electronics, plastic and printed electronics, displays and lighting, memories and solar cells.

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